A rocky Irish outcropping with a history of wealth, conflict, and ruin.

A dramatic art installation features a BMW flying out of a building in Rotterdam.

This small Australian town is considered home to the "Yowie" or the Aussie Big Foot.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

These traffic lights celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the women's suffrage movement in Lithuania.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.

This poignant sculpture of a gnarled weapon is a symbol of non-violence.

This observatory within Europe's first dark sky park offers stunning views of the night sky.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

This rickety old shed hides a trove of secondhand literary treasures.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

The enormous diamond-shaped building packs a trove of academic and literary treasures into one futuristic space.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

This whimsical statue dumps water on its head to symbolize knowledge flowing into his brain. Or maybe booze.

This neon landmark has been posing this deadpan question to follicly-challenged Dubliners for over 50 years.

The world's only flying boat museum honors a small Irish village that sent 20th-century aviation to new heights.

On a small Slovenian island, diners can mix and match a classic cake into dozens of sweet and savory flavor combinations.

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.

The housing complex served as an anti-fascist fortress during the Austrian Civil War.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.